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February 17, 2014

Lapid not sure about joining Netanyahu coalition government

Yair Lapid, the leader of Yesh Atid, the second largest party in the Israeli Knesset, has said that incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to impose “strict” austerity...

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February 17, 2014

Israel bombs Hezbollah site in South Lebanon

Israeli aircraft have attacked targets in South Lebanon owned by Hezbollah, Lebanese and Israeli media outlets report. The official Lebanese news agency said that the Israeli Air Force flew...

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February 17, 2014

Israeli forces detain more Palestinians in West Bank

Israel’s occupation forces have arrested another five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank following a sweep through Nablus, Ramallah and Hebron. Witnesses said that the Israelis used an explosive device...

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February 17, 2014

Reconciliation is making progress “but not at hoped-for level”

Osama Hamdan, the senior representative of the Islamic Resistance Movement in Lebanon, has said that the meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s leadership in Cairo was “positive and made...

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February 17, 2014

Rightist Israeli party leader claims Al-Aqsa as holiest place for Jews

On Friday, Aryeh Eldad, head of the new Israeli far-right political party, Power to Israel, claimed that Jews entering the “Temple Mount” (Al-Aqsa Mosque) face “unbearable treatment”. Eldad, who...

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February 17, 2014

Abbas condemns Malaysian PM’s visit to Gaza

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has condemned the visit to the Gaza Strip by Malaysia’s Prime Minister. Mohammad Najib spent several hours in Gaza on Tuesday for what he...

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February 17, 2014

Israeli voters give “resounding slap” to Netanyahu

Although the incumbent Prime Minister is expected to form the new government in Israel, the very close election result has been described as a “resounding slap” for Benjamin Netanyahu....

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February 17, 2014

Assad says he will stay in power “even if Damascus is destroyed”

Senior French sources have told London-based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is going to stay in power “even if Damascus is completely destroyed”. The Arabic daily...

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February 17, 2014

Islamic Movement in Israel is not optimistic about new government

The head of the Islamic Movement in the parts of Palestine occupied in 1948 – now called Israel – has told Palestinians not to pin too many hopes on...

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February 17, 2014

Kuwait opposition threatens to internationalise political crisis

The opposition in Kuwait has announced that it intends to take serious steps toward internationalising its crisis with the country’s government. Former Member of Parliament Adel Al-Damkhy told a...

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